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1:15 AM ET, March 2, 2023

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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The FBI Desperately Wants to Let Trump Off the Hook  —  He just won't allow it.  —  The way conservatives tell it, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is a hive of anti-Trump villainy, filled with agents looking for any excuse to hound the former president with investigative witch hunts.
Discussion: Fox News and Raw Story
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Washington Post:
Showdown before the raid: FBI agents and prosecutors argued over Trump
David Badash / Raw Story:
‘Bullying worked’: Experts blast FBI after bombshell report reveals agents were ‘afraid’ to raid Mar-a-Lago
Semafor:
“Non-Person” Donald Trump faces “soft ban” at Fox  —  Donald Trump, who once dominated the Fox News broadcasts, is now running into a brick wall with what four members of his circle say is a “soft ban” from the top of the conservative news channel, as it rolls out the red carpet to even the low-profile rival candidates.
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Associated Press:
Explosive found in bag at Pennsylvania airport, man arrested
Annie Nova / CNBC:
Biden administration lawyer may have saved student loan forgiveness plan at Supreme Court, experts say  — Experts have predicted the Supreme Court would rule against President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness plan, but some changed their minds after oral arguments, praising the lawyer who presented the administration's case.
Washington Post:
Starbucks committed ‘egregious’ violations in battling union, judge rules  —  The administrative law judge's order requires the company to stop a long list of behaviors and reinstate workers who began a nationwide union drive  —  By Jacob Bogage and Lauren Kaori Gurley
Discussion: The Hill and Bloomberg
Ben Samuels / Haaretz:
U.S. Condemns Smotrich's ‘Repugnant, Disgusting’ Call for Israel to Wipe Out Palestinian Village  —  ‘Just as we condemn Palestinian incitement to violence, we condemn these provocative remarks that also amount to incitement to violence,’ State Department spokesperson Ned Price says
Discussion: CNN, DAWN and Al Jazeera
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Colleen Schrappen / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Parents push back on allegations against St. Louis transgender center.  'I'm baffled.'  —  ST. LOUIS — Explosive allegations made public last month about a St. Louis clinic that treats transgender children have flung parents into a vortex of emotions: shock, confusion, anger, fear.
Discussion: HotAir
Matt Lavietes / NBC News:
Video appears to show Texas drag bill author dressed in drag  —  A Texas lawmaker who authored a bill that would restrict drag performances appears to have dressed in drag himself while a student.  —  A video that surfaced on Twitter and TikTok this week appears to show Texas state Rep. Nate Schatzline …
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Washington Post:
‘Havana syndrome’ not caused by energy weapon or foreign adversary, intelligence review finds  —  After a years-long assessment, five U.S. intelligence agencies conclude it is ‘very unlikely’ an enemy wielding a secret weapon was behind the mysterious ailment
CNN:
Exclusive: US Air Force fires leaders for failing nuclear safety inspection  —  Two US Air Force commanders and four of their subordinates at a key nuclear base in North Dakota were relieved of duty this week after their units failed an inspection designed to ensure that the nuclear weapons stockpile …
NBC News:
Biden strikes campaign tones in speech to House Democrats  —  BALTIMORE — President Joe Biden hasn't announced whether he's running for a second term yet, but his address to a gathering of House Democrats here on Wednesday sounded a lot like a 2024 stump speech.
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Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Poll: 68% of voters say Biden is ‘too old for another term’ — and more Democrats agree than disagree
Discussion: HotAir, New York Post and USA Today
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Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
White House Livid Over Republican's Attack on Biden's Dead Son
Discussion: Mediaite and HotAir
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Pence won't commit to supporting Trump if he's the nominee  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence still won't say whether he's running for president next year, and he won't speak ill of his ex-boss, former President Donald Trump.  But in an interview with CBS News in Michigan on Wednesday …
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Associated Press:
Trump set to headline diminished gathering of conservatives
Shawn Hubler / New York Times:
Board Denies Parole for Sirhan Sirhan, the Assassin of Robert F. Kennedy  —  The California parole board reversed course from its 2021 recommendation that Mr. Sirhan be released from prison.  That decision was rejected by Gov. Gavin Newsom.  —  SACRAMENTO — A California panel …
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Julie Watson / Associated Press:
RFK killer Sirhan Sirhan denied parole by California board
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Capitol Hill swarmed by performers in straightjackets  —  Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) turned heads on Capitol Hill this week by sending performance artists dressed in straitjackets and blue-and-red tinted glasses to the House offices.  —  Why it matters: It's part of a campaign Kinzinger …
Discussion: Politico, IJR and The Hill
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Murdoch Testimony ‘Guts’ Fox News's Best Defense in Defamation Suit, CNN's Elie Honig Says  —  CNN chief legal analyst Elie Honig said Fox News Chairman Rupert Murdoch's testimony in a defamation case against his network may have knee-capped its best defense.
CNN:
Senate votes to overturn Biden administration retirement investment rule Republicans decry as ‘woke’  —  The Senate passed a politically charged resolution on Wednesday to overturn a Biden administration retirement investment rule that allows managers of retirement funds to consider the impact …
David Thomas / Reuters:
Washington lawyer Tom Goldstein leaves Supreme Court practice, law firm  —  Longtime Supreme Court advocate Tom Goldstein, who has argued more than 40 cases before the high court, said Wednesday that he is ending his practice and retiring from the Washington, D.C., law firm he co-founded in 2011.
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Florida GOP lawmaker pitches bill to eliminate the Florida Democratic Party  —  A Republican in Florida's state Legislature has filed a bill that, if enacted, would eliminate the Florida Democratic Party.  —  “The Ultimate Cancel Act,” filed on Tuesday by state Sen. Blaise Ingoglia …
Tristan Justice / The Federalist:
EXCLUSIVE: House Weaponization Committee To Focus On The ‘Twitter Files’ In Second Hearing  —  The House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government plans to shine a spotlight on the FBI misconduct revealed in the “Twitter Files” at the panel's second hearing, scheduled for next week.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
Lawmaker Proposes ‘Hanging on a Tree’ as Execution Method  —  Republican Paul Sherrell's attempt to add a grotesque amendment to Tennessee's death penalty options ignores his state's shameful history of lynching. … The House Criminal Justice Committee of the Tennessee legislature …
Discussion: Political Wire
Selena Simmons-Duffin / NPR:
3 abortion bans in Texas leave doctors ‘talking in code’ to pregnant patients  —  This past fall, when Lauren Miller of Dallas was 13-weeks pregnant with twins, she got horrible news.  One of the twins had trisomy 18, a genetic abnormality that causes about 90% of fetuses to die before birth.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Anthony L. Fisher / The Daily Beast:
Ron DeSantis' Anti-Free Speech Crusade Would Cancel Fox News  —  The culture warrior governor wants to overturn the Supreme Court decision that protects journalists from bogus defamation suits.  Fox News just used the same case as a defense. … When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed …
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Republicans are ‘emboldened’ because there has been no accountability for J6: ex-White House lawyer  —  Lawmakers who participated in the Jan. 6 attacks and the planning of the attack on the Capitol have never been held accountable for their involvement.  It's something that former acting …
Discussion: CNBC
Jacob Savage / Tablet Magazine:
The Vanishing  —  Asians and Jews in America  —  Discriminated against while being held up as models of success, these two groups have long followed a common road.  Now their prosperity leads to cries of ‘unearned privilege.’ What does this mean for America and its minorities?
Alicia Victoria Lozano / NBC News:
Pennsylvania residents near Ohio chemical spill say they're left out of recovery efforts  —  Western Pennsylvania residents living near the Ohio border say they have been left out of recovery efforts following the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern train derailment in neighboring East Palestine, Ohio.
David Gilbert / VICE:
The GOP Is Weaponizing LibsOfTikTok's Anti-'Woke' Hate  —  Chaya Raichik amassed millions of followers by going after queer people and the doctors and teachers who support them.  And now, she's speaking at CPAC.  —  In the year since Chaya Raichik was unmasked as the operator of the hate-filled Libs …
Financial Times:
Chinese brokerages pressured to end overseas investing services  —  Regulator seeks to close loopholes that allowed foreign trades by mainland China investors  —  Chinese brokerages offering overseas investing services to mainland clients have come under pressure from a regulatory push …
David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Menendez, Booker, nine House members slap Star-Ledger for closing Washington bureau  —  Two U.S. Senators and nine members of the U.S. House of Representatives have sent a letter to Star-Ledger and NJ Advance Media executives protesting their decision to close their Washington …
Bolts:
In Chicago's Police Oversight Elections, Progressives Targeted by FOP Prevail  —  Many community organizers won seats in new police councils, while the mayoral race produced a high-contrast runoff between the police union-endorsed Paul Vallas and the left-leaning Brandon Johnson.
Alexander Tin / CBS News:
CDC says 20,000 people may have been exposed to measles at Asbury University religious revival  —  An estimated 20,000 people attended a large religious gathering in Kentucky on the same days as a resident who was infected with measles last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday …
 
 
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CNN:
Japan births fall to record low as population crisis deepens
Discussion: UPI
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Kevin McCarthy's J6 footage deal endangers our country the same way Edward Snowden did: expert
Taylor Romine / CNN:
Two men who conspired to attack Democratic headquarters in Sacramento sentenced to prison
Discussion: ABC7 and Raw Story
Eddy Martinez / CT Mirror:
Conn College students occupy buildings, call for president's resignation
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Christina Jewett / New York Times:
FDA Panel Recommends 2 RSV Vaccines for Older Adults
 Earlier Items: 
Kimberlee Kruesi / Associated Press:
Tennessee pushes to define ‘sex,’ could risk federal funding
John Sailer / Wall Street Journal:
How the NIH Pushes DEI on Scientists
Politico:
DeSantis is championing medical freedom. GOP state lawmakers like what they see.
Discussion: HotAir
Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Senior McCarthy aide, House Oversight chairman each met with mother of Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt
Maggie Severns / Grid News:
Ron DeSantis is using a new breed of local right-wing media to make national news
Discussion: The Nation
Berkeley Lovelace Jr / NBC News:
Drugmaker Eli Lilly caps the cost of insulin at $35 a month, bringing relief for millions
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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